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Essay The Power of Story: How Ancient Tales Shaped One Author’s Modern Fiction Laura Nicole Diamond August 11, 2015
Essay Israel Then and Now: 6 Big Changes Since 1994 (Part I) Jessamyn Hope is the author of Safekeeping, which has received critical acclaim from The Boston Globe, The Globe and Mail, and Tablet Magazine. She will be blogging… Jessamyn Hope August 3, 2015
Essay “I’ve heard of Jews with horns, but wings? An innovation!” by Barbara Klein MossEarlier this week, Jewish Book Council interviewed Barbara Klein Moss, the author of The Language of Paradise: A Novel about the… Barbara Klein Moss July 31, 2015
Essay Discovering the Pinch: Part II; or, Animating a Literary Golem Earlier this week, Steve Stern offered his recollections of the Memphis community in which he grew up and the Jewish mythical lore occupying it. His most recent… Steve Stern July 29, 2015
Essay Of Autistic and Crazy Judy Brown wrote the controversial novel Hush—a finalist for the 2011 Sydney Taylor Award for outstanding book on the Jewish experience — under a pseudonym… Judy Brown July 27, 2015
